AN ANALYSIS OF SAYURI’S BEAUTY CONCEPT AS A GEISHA IN

ROB MARSHALL’S FILM MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

THESIS

By:

EFI ZUBAIDAH

09360209

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

JULY 2013

AN ANALYSIS OF SAYURI’S BEAUTY CONCEPT AS A GEISHA IN

ROB MARSHALL’S FILM MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

THESIS

By:

EFI ZUBAIDAH

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

JULY 2013

AN ANALYSIS OF SAYURI’S BEAUTY CONCEPT AS A GEISHA IN

ROB MARSHALL’S FILM MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

By:

EFI ZUBAIDAH

09360209

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

JULY 2013

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

إن هللا تعالى ال ینظر إلى صوركم وأموالكم، ولكن ینظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم

“Sesungguhnya Allah tidak memandang kepada rupa danharta kalian, dan akan tetapi Ia memandang kepada hati dan

amalan kalian”.

”Kunshi wa hitori o tsutsushimu”

”The great people always keep their behavioreven there is no one else around him”

This thesis is dedicated to:

I dedicated this thesis to:My beloved father and mother,

My Brothers,my friends.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah SWT, the Merciful and Charitable. Because

of the guidance, blessing, and effection, the researcher can finish the thesis entitled

An Analysis Of Sayuri’s Beauty Concept As a Geisha In Rob Marshall Film Memoirs

Of A Geisha. Also may sholawat and salutation always be given to the last messenger

Muhammad SAW.

The researcher would like to express her deepest gratitude to Dr. Sri

Hartiningsih, M.M and Riza Elfana, M.A for their kindness in giving suggestions,

invaluable guidance and advice during the consultation period, and their comments

and corrections during the completion of this thesis.

Morover, she would like to dedicate this thesis to her beloved and wonderful

parents, Sambudi and Nampi, who always become her inspiring people to do the best

in every chance she gets, and also her brothers (Ahmad Nawawi, Ahmad Sururi,

Mashuri and Suhadak).

Finally, a special thank goes to her close friend Ipong who always

accompanies her in doing the thesis, and all of her SMABA buddies (Rizki Kartika,

Rizka, Ria, Tita Suci, etc) and for D class buddies (Rizka, Eva, Ibrahim, Silvi, Eka,

etc) for their encouragement, love, care, and pray so that she can finish this thesis

Malang, July 29, 2013

Efi Zubaidah

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................. i

LEGALIZATION .................................................................................................... ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION................................................................................ iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................................... iv

ABSTRACT.............................................................................................................. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS......................................................................................... vi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of Study. .......................................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of Problems. ........................................................................................ 5

1.3 Purpose of Study .................................................................................................. 5

1.4 Significance of Study ........................................................................................... 6

1.5 Scope and Limitation ........................................................................................... 7

1.6 Definition of Key Terms. .................................................................................... 7

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE................................... 9

2.1 Literature ............................................................................................................ 9

2.2 Film ............................................................................................................ 11

2.2.1 Types of Film ............................................................................................ 12

2.2.2 The Similarities and Differences Between Drama and Film .................... 14

2.2.3 Element of Film ........................................................................................ 18

2.3 Beauty Concept .................................................................................................... 24

2.4 Kinds of Beauty ................................................................................................... 25

2.5 How to be Beautiful ............................................................................................. 27

2.5.1 How to Get Mental Beauty ....................................................................... 27

2.5.2 How to Get Physical Beauty..................................................................... 29

2.6 The Effects of Beauty........................................................................................... 32

2.6.1 The Positive Effects of Being Beautiful ................................................... 32

2.6.2 The Negative Effects of Being Beautiful.................................................. 34

2.7 Geisha ............................................................................................................ 36

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................... 38

3.1 Research Design................................................................................................... 38

3.2 Approach .............................................................................................................. 39

3.3 Object of The Study ............................................................................................. 43

3.4 Data Collection..................................................................................................... 43

3.5 Data Analysis ....................................................................................................... 44

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ................................................. 45

4.1 Research Findings ................................................................................................ 45

4.1.1 Kind of Sayuri’s Beauty Concept ............................................................... 45

4.1.2 Sayuri’s Applying Her Beauty Concept...................................................... 49

4.1.3 The Effect of Sayur’s Beauty Concept to Her Life ...................................... 60

4.2 Discussion ............................................................................................................ 69

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ....................................... 74

5.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................................... 74

5.2 Suggestions .......................................................................................................... 75

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